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Within each child lies a masterpiece waiting to be unveiled. Discover a parenting plan to help your children create a masterpiece of their lives! The authors give you tools for positive, intentional parenting.

Learning in Lockdown is a judgment-free handbook for parents manoeuvring through the major family disruption of a school closure. Regardless of whether you are facing impending school shutdown, your campus is closing again, or you are now several weeks into managing remote learning, this handbook is for you. You will find that it is never too late to reflect and make changes - whether big or small - to de-stress and streamline learning at home with young children. IN THE COVID-19 ERA FAMILY LIFE HAS SUDDENLY AND DEEPLY CHANGED. Hailed by parents as "validating" and "confidence building", it contains sound advice and practical tips, based on first-hand experience. Its message resonates with parents anywhere that schools have shut their gates and remote learning at home has begun. Among Learning in Lockdown's most valuable insights: How to prepare your children for remote learning, and design a positive learning environment at homeHow to motivate your child - and keep them motivatedWhy routines can make or break your home during lockdownWhat your child's teacher expects of you, and what you need from themWhy self-care and keeping remote learning in perspective is so important right nowHow to design learning at home so that your child increases their independence and finds their own version of success And you will also find affirmation, honesty and advocacy for you because your family can't make it without you. "After months of struggling with (and repeatedly failing at) the facilitation of my own children's distance learning, its sound advice, real-world strategies, and relatable stories offered me immediate comfort. In a world that was feeling increasingly isolated, Learning in Lockdown made me feel less alone" - Mother of two, USA"As an educator myself, I naively believed I was well-equipped to facilitate my own children's distance learning. Instead, two weeks into lockdown, I found myself overwhelmed, ill-prepared, and ready to throw in the towel. Learning in Lockdown could not have landed in my lap at a better time. It spoke to, and validated, the many emotions and experiences our family was undergoing. It might be an overstatement to say that Learning in Lockdown saved our family this year...but I don't think so" - Mother of two & qualified high school teacher, USA..."Learning in Lockdown offered me the confidence and real-world strategies to tackle distance learning with relative ease" - Grandmother of four, Australia

Have you ever thought about how the placenta is born? Did you know that there are actually three different approaches to the birth of the placenta within maternity care? Are you aware that research has shown significant advantages to the baby in taking a slower approach, however the placenta is born. Or that there is plenty of evidence to support a more natural approach for healthy women who would prefer that?This book has been written to help women make decisions about the birth of their placenta. We examine the different options, detail the evidence relating to each and discuss the wider context in which these decisions are made. No matter what kind of birth you are hoping for, this book will help you understand the different options.Dr Nadine Edwards and Dr Sara Wickham are world renowned and respected researchers and writers who have a long-standing interest in the birth of the placenta and the evidence relating to this. This is a completely revised and updated edition of their popular book on this topic.

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive.

From the top authors in the category, a pediatrician's guide to toilet training girls quickly and easily.

"A must-read for any parent of boys."-Dr. Mehmet Oz

A pregnancy and parenting book that women will buy and men will read. Actually read.

What's safe--and what isn't--to put on your body during pregnancy and nursing, from the founder of Belli, the leading skincare line for new moms

A nurturing and empowering guide for the mother-to-be interested in a holistic pregnancy and birth experience.

"Elizabeth Gregory has discovered the real truth behind all the false alarms over delayed motherhood: that older mothers tend to be very happy with their decision to have children later in life. A positive, optimistic message for women: you can wait until you are ready to be a good parent."-Ann Crittenden, author of The Price of Motherhood

A wise and reassuring guide to fostering integrity in young children, making them people whom we admire as well as people who are proud of themselves.

A wise and compassionate guide to caring for a critically ill child.

Fully updated and expanded, the essential one-stop guide for dads-to-be.

Adding to the successful series of Raising titles, a developmental psychologist gives parents tips for keeping children of all ages away from drugs and alcohol

Looks at the Internet, classroom culture, school violence, movies, television and a growing societal incivility to show parents and teachers where hurrying occurs and why. This book offers parents and teachers alike insight, advice and hope for encouraging healthy development while protecting the joy and freedom of childhood.

By the author of The Antidepressant Fact Book and Talking Back to Ritalin, a straight-talking guide to the drugs used to treat ADD and ADHD

A top pediatrician supplies nutrition advice for parents of children between infancy and preschool, and also discusses how to resolve the most common eating problems children develop

The highly popular pregnancy cookbook, now bigger and better than ever

A Shape magazine columnist's guide to breaking the mother--daughter cycle of bad body image and low self-esteem

The state of our world demonstrates clearly that we have all been touched by the Mother Wound. For thousands of years, mothers have been disempowered, shamed, belittled, and abused. As a result, many mothers have developed victim mentalities which result in their being unable to love fully, neglecting their loved ones, and even competing with their children for control and attention. A woman with the Mother Wound will experience an intense struggle not to pass it on to her children.If you are reading this, YOU are the one chosen by your ancestry to heal the Mother Wound.Kerri Hummingbird's book, Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound, guides you to courageously reclaim your power, wisdom, and voice by healing the Mother Wound so you can help mend the sacred hoop of humanity. What the world needs now is fierce love and courageous truth of healed women and men, and whole earth mamas.The greatest gift you can give yourself is healing and claiming your relationship with your mother. Kerri Hummingbird's breakthrough book will stretch you to embrace your mother for all that she is and all that she isn't, allowing your future female ancestry to unfold with trust, compassion, power and intimacy. I highly recommend.-Dr. Shawne Duperon, Project Forgive Founder, Nobel Peace Prize NomineeKerri Hummingbird's latest book is quite simply a masterpiece in understanding our relationship to ourselves and our bond to our physical mother and by extension, our earth mother and community of brother's and sisters. Think the fierceness of Marianne Williamson and the wisdom of Maya Angelou wrapped into one gem of a book. Kerri delves deep into the nature of the bond with our mothers, and more so, has direct, healing steps to support us in creating lasting peace within and on our planet.-Karen McGregor, Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of The Tao of Influence: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leaders and EntrepreneursThis is a raw, honest and deeply personal story, that gives the reader permission to experience his or her own mother wound and find the courage and power to heal. I cannot think of a more timely message in this time.-Eva Charlotte, Founder of R.I.S.E. In LoveThis is an extraordinary and profound book, groundbreaking in what it brings to light and the possibilities that are manifested. If I were not reading this book online, by now my yellow marker would have run dry. It demands to be read and reread, deeply transforming with each pass. What could be more important in the world right now, than to shake up what we think we know about mothering, and to make a quantum shift in the core of our individual and collective being?-Laurie Seymour, Founder/CEO The Baca InstituteThe healing message of Love is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound is urgently needed today. For sure, we are the walking wounded. Hummingbird-Sami is direct and powerful. Spanning the spectrum from traditional psychology, spiritual psychology to shamanic transformation, she enables us to understand the path to greater consciousness, connection, and sustainable love.-Sarah Weiss, MA, Spiritual Teacher